‘Advertise the service not the vaccine’
Exemptions allowing pharmacies to highlight the availability of Covid-19 vaccinations do not apply for other jabs, Peter Guthrey warns Pharmacists are being urged to focus on advertising their services rather …
New mandatory AIR fields for pharmacists
Department to require pharmacists to provide new information when recording vaccinations in the Australian Immunisation Register Pharmacist immunisers may soon be required to record details of whether vaccinations they have …
Student grant program open
PDL has announced the opening of the 2024 Student Grant Program, with applications open until April 14 The grants program was established to help Australian pharmacy students broaden their education …
On top of the world
Paul Sinclair, the first Australian president of the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) talks about the future of the profession and the changes he sees impacting pharmacy In the latest edition …
PSA welcomes South Australian scope expansion
Pharmacists in South Australia will be able to support patients suffering with UTIs from March, minister confirms Plans to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice in South Australia are on track, …
Consumer group seeks accelerated 60-day dispensing
Consumers’ Health Forum calls for PBAC to investigate listing medications for a 90-day supply, while seeking to bring forward the final phase of double dispensing Patient lobby group, the Consumers’ …
Advance Australia joins CAPS in targeting Dunkley
Conservative lobby set to campaign alongside disgruntled pharmacists against Labor in Dunkley by-election Advance Australia is reportedly planning to spend $200,000 in a bid to swing the Victorian seat away …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Cardiovascular risk assessment in women: which women are suited for menopausal hormone therapy? Individual risk assessment for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is …
Employer audit reveals unregistered pharmacist
A pharmacist let his registration lapse and practised for four months before his employer caught him Ahpra has issued a statement about a man who has been prosecuted for holding …
Union seeks to ease 60-day ‘alarmism’
Professional Pharmacists Australia is accusing the Guild of creating unnecessary panic over the introduction of 60-day dispensing The union has dubbed warnings of job losses and pharmacy closures in a …
SA’s 24-7 pharmacy initiative launched
A National Pharmacies store is the first to extend its hours to 24/7 under South Australia’s new access initiative The National Pharmacies store in Norwood was officially opened by the …
Novo Nordisk seeks halt on compounded semaglutide
Pharmacy Board of Australia urged to restrict pharmacists from compounding semaglutide, despite supply shortages Pharmaceutical manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, is raising safety concerns over pharmacists providing compounded semaglutide, the Australian Financial …